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legal question re minor using parents cc

Clowance · 2010-06-19 14:18:58

to buy internet !!!!!!. Does anyone know the legal position - we are worried that it may be a regular debit and have changed the card number but they wont let us cancel it altogether as it has a balance thats too big to pay off on it. I understand that it is a form of identity theft and that the culprit would be given a…

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mrcow Posts: 15,170 Forumite

20 June 2010 at 12:26PM

The best bet is to contact the provider and cancel directly.

As stated earlier, changing the card number is not going to prevent a continuous payment authorisation.

What email account did he use to set the account on? They should have emailed him with payment confirmation and hopefully details of any ongoing payments.

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